Episodes
Episodes



Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Embracing Jealousy, Cultivating Openness
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Episode 15, Series 1: "Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion"
Featuring: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
You might compare yourself with another or feel that another’s success reveals your own failure. You might feel bitter or unpleasantly competitive. Perhaps you find yourself thinking, “How come they got it and I didn’t?” In a live online teaching, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche guides us in meeting any jealousy we are experiencing in our body, speech, and mind with openness and warmth, clearing the pathways to our inherently spacious nature. The broadcast marks the start of Month 8 in Rinpoche’s yearlong program, “Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion.” Free and open to all!
In advance of the broadcast Rinpoche encourages creating a bit of space for meditation in your house — in a quiet, peaceful location where you can feel some sense of warmth and connection to yourself. You might provide a comfortable cushion to sit on, and a candle or stick of incense. A supportive outer space can support your inner space during meditation.



Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Embracing Fear, Cultivating Confidence
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Episode 14, Series 1: "Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion"
Featuring: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
When you are caught in fear, you can feel small, uncertain, unsafe, ungrounded. You might be afraid of what will happen. You lack trust. You might find yourself thinking, “I will never be able to do that.” In a live online teaching, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche guides us in meeting any fear we are experiencing in our body, speech, and mind with openness and warmth, clearing and opening the pathways of confidence that are inherent to our true nature. The broadcast marks the start of Month 7 in Rinpoche’s yearlong program, “Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion.” Free and open to all!
In advance of the broadcast Rinpoche encourages creating a bit of space for meditation in your house — in a quiet, peaceful location where you can feel some sense of warmth and connection to yourself. You might provide a comfortable cushion to sit on, and a candle or stick of incense. A supportive outer space can support your inner space during meditation.



Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Choosing Wisdom: Discovering Joy in Difficult Truths
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Episode 13, Series 1: "Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion"
Featuring: Emily McRae, Ph.D.; Margaret Plews-Ogan, M.D.; Geshe Tenzin Wangyal; and Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, Ph.D.
“Truth is always joyful, though the journey to the truth may be painful,” writes Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. Why do some people thrive when facing adversity while others struggle immensely? How can we use difficult challenges as a catalyst for positive transformation? This lively dialogue will explore the notions of wisdom and ignorance from the perspective of Tibetan Buddhist and Bön spirituality, alongside Western philosophical, physiological, psychological systems, looking at what these terms really mean and what they imply for the possibility of transforming difficult circumstances.



Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Embracing Ignorance, Cultivating Wisdom
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Episode 12, Series 1: "Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion"
Featuring: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
When caught in ignorance you can feel deeply disconnected, unsure, uncertain, lost. You may feel you are not fully present, not at home in yourself. You doubt yourself and others and feel ill at ease. In a live online teaching, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche guides us in meeting any ignorance we are experiencing in our body, speech, and mind with openness and warmth, clearing and opening the pathways of wisdom that are inherent to our true nature. The broadcast marks the start of Month 6 in Rinpoche’s yearlong program, “Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion.” Free and open to all!
In advance of the broadcast Rinpoche encourages creating a bit of space for meditation in your house — in a quiet, peaceful location where you can feel some sense of warmth and connection to yourself. You might provide a comfortable cushion to sit on, and a candle or stick of incense. A supportive outer space can support your inner space during meditation.



Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Fierce Love: Honoring and Transforming Anger
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Episode 11, Series 1: "Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion"
Featuring: Robert Thurman, Ph.D.; Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D.; Geshe Tenzin Wangyal; and Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, Ph.D.
How do we balance the importance of honoring anger when it arises and not feeding it in a way that causes harm? Is it possible to separate out the wisdom aspects of anger, such as boundary-setting and clear-seeing, from its destructive side? What does it mean to transform anger into love, on a practical level? This lively dialogue will explore working with the energy of anger from the perspective of Tibetan Buddhist and Bön spirituality, alongside Western psychological approaches. The conversation will also explore both scientific and spiritual understandings on cultivating love and positive states of mind. Central to the inquiry will be the question of how to work with emotion that arises without suppressing or acting out in destructive ways, as well as how to apply antidotes that bring about transformative shifts in our energy and emotions.
This content is for informational purposes only. Please consult medical professionals for physical or mental health concerns. Use headphones and avoid meditating while driving or operating machinery.
Learn more at CyberSangha.net or on the CyberSangha community app.



Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Profiles in Generosity: Sharing Loving-Kindness through Organ Donation
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Episode 10, Series 1: "Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion"
Featuring: Marina and Bob Felix, Larissa Scherbatow, Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy, Erick Rinner, and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.
Our panelists share with host Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche two very personal stories of organ donation as an expression of selfless love and generosity. Last February Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy of Lhasa, China, offered one of her kidneys to her partner, Erick Rinner. Larissa Scherbatow of North Carolina donated a kidney in 2013 to her daughter, Marina Felix. Marina’s husband, Bob, joins us in this inspiring discussion of uncertainty, challenge, giving, and acceptance.
This content is for informational purposes only. Please consult medical professionals for physical or mental health concerns. Use headphones and avoid meditating while driving or operating machinery.
Learn more at CyberSangha.net or on the CyberSangha community app.



Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Embracing Anger, Cultivating Love
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Episode 9, Series 1: "Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion"
Featuring: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche for a live online teaching as we begin Month 5 of his yearlong program, “Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion.” Free and open to all! Our focus this month is on meeting any anger we may experience in our body, speech, and mind with openness and warmth, clearing and opening the pathways of loving-kindness that are inherent to us.
In advance of the broadcast Rinpoche encourages creating a bit of space for meditation in your house — in a quiet, peaceful location where you can feel some sense of warmth and connection to yourself. You might provide a comfortable cushion to sit on, and a candle or stick of incense. A supportive outer space can support your inner space during meditation.
This content is for informational purposes only. Please consult medical professionals for physical or mental health concerns. Use headphones and avoid meditating while driving or operating machinery.
Learn more at CyberSangha.net or on the CyberSangha community app.



Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
The Spirit of Generosity: To Give from the Heart, First Learn to Let Go
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Episode 8, Series 1: "Embracing Life with Wisdom & Compassion"
Featuring: Roshi Joan Halifax, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and Alejandro Chaoul-Reich
To be truly generous of spirit, we must loosen our attachments — not only to what we are giving, but also to our expectations for an outcome. What is the true meaning of generosity? How can we know if it’s spontaneous or effortful? What are the benefits of giving from the heart? Are there healthier forms of attachment or detachment? Our esteemed panelists discuss the how’s and why’s of living a compassionate, generous life, through to life’s end.
This content is for informational purposes only. Please consult medical professionals for physical or mental health concerns. Use headphones and avoid meditating while driving or operating machinery.
Learn more at CyberSangha.net or on the CyberSangha community app.

About CyberSangha
CyberSangha® is a way to connect with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, ancient Tibetan teachings, and fellow students worldwide through regular live broadcasts that can be easily enjoyed via the CyberSangha Podcast or viewed on cybersangha.net, Rinpoche’s Facebook page, or the CyberSangha community app. All broadcasts are free and open to all.
The name CyberSangha reflects Rinpoche’s commitment to offer free access to his teachings for anyone in the world who might benefit from them. Buddhism speaks of Three Jewels: the Buddha; the Dharma, or Buddhist teachings; and the Sangha — the community of meditation practitioners who follow the teachings and put them into practice. In particular, CyberSangha refers to the international online community of individuals following the broadcasts and seeking nourishment from mutual support.
Rinpoche’s teachings present a doorway to connecting with your best self, a sense of openness, awareness, and warmth that allows you to live to your highest potential. The broadcasts are accessible to anyone, including meditation novices, practitioners with years of meditation experience, and those of any or no religious or spiritual affiliation.
Since 2009, live broadcasts include not only teachings and guided meditations, but also interfaith dialogues, conversations between scientific and spiritual leaders, Tibetan poetry readings, and glimpses of Rinpoche’s life and travels. Volunteers provide simultaneous translation into multiple languages, and the community app enables exchanges between members. Recordings of each broadcast are accessible in multiple languages via archives and language-specific YouTube channels.
Our vision, mission and values:
CyberSangha's vision supports the creation of a spiritually awakened, connected, and harmonious society.
Our mission is to help individuals access their higher awareness through producing and disseminating highly accessible content grounded in the wisdom teachings of Tibetan Bön Buddhism and other faiths — such as teachings, dialogs, and artistic/musical presentations — and to support individuals in connecting with like-minded others who together can manifest our vision of a better world for all.
The guiding principles of our community inspire and instruct our behaviors toward each other, our communities, and the environment. We are:
- convinced that every living being has the seed of awakened awareness within
- cultivating openness, love, compassion, joy, and even-mindedness in all that we do and extend to others
- in service to the truth at the heart of all the world’s great spiritual traditions
- pursuing our own spiritual development through service to others
- inspired in every way by the teachings of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
- warm-hearted, welcoming, and empowering to everyone everywhere
CyberSangha® provides a variety of educational services including teaching self-development through service, learning, and civic engagement; providing training and study of spiritual growth; offering leadership and development programs; and providing online classes, seminars, workshops, and training for individuals related to meditation, wellness and resilience.
Learn more about Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Bön Buddhist teachings, and his worldwide network of sanghas and centers here.